Sardines

Ive read on some paleo blogs recently about eating sardines... And eating frequently. I'm not really familiar with them, but they are cheap and easy... Are sardines a good eating option and how do you guys eat them? Plain? On foods? In oil or water? Does quality/ brand matter? Thanks for the help!

I love sardines. I buy mine from costco, and they are nearly twice the price has cheap sardines from grocery stores. However, they are well over twice as tasty and leave me feeling good and satisfied. Keep in mind that they are cooked and stored in cans. Don't make them a daily staple because of the BPA hazards, but don't be afraid to eat them occasionally. The ones I buy are in extra virgin olive oil and I find them to be delicious. Avoid sardines packed in junk like soy bean oil. According to the can, each serving of the sardines provides 1.3 grams of omega 3...

The fresh ones are much, much tastier than the tinned, and taste 'healthier' IMO. So I recommend you treat yourself on a special occasion. They're great baked in the oven Mediterranean style in a marinade of olive oil, lemon, fresh chilli, garlic, onion, and fresh parsley.

And they are also yummy eaten cold as leftovers the following day in a salad.

ETA: Generally, I think sardines are a great healthy, affordable choice of oily fish. They don't accumulate so many toxins as larger top-feeding fish.

The BPA issue is with any canned food, not just sardines, so if the alaskan salmon is canned it's got the same issue.

I love sardines. Ironically, I just sat down with a sardine salad (like tuna salad, but sardines) for lunch before I read this post The ones with bones and skin in oil are good but sometimes I just want the boneless, skinless ones packed in water. They taste a lot like tuna.

They're a good source of omega 3 and like someone else said, they are low on the food chain so don't have as much mercury (and whatever else) as the larger fish do.